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Why are heart attacks in women misdiagnosed?
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Not sure: Women tend to present with atypical symptoms, present later, and have chest pains with normal coronaries. ? If its a hormonally related issu or that women have smaller vessels. Women tend to have more vasospasm as well. Broken heart syndrome also occurs much more often in women.They tend to have more rheumatologic issues that involve the heart. Clearly heart disease in women is not same as men.
Answered 9/11/2012
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Many reasons: Women can have different symptoms, interpret or describe them differently, or fail to seek attention promptly because they don't think they can have a heart attack. See american heart assoc web site, "heart attack symptoms in women".
Answered 12/9/2016
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